asked the Taoiseach the live register figures for unemployment in (a) Limerick city and county; (b) Ennis; (c) Shannon; and (d) Kilrush, County Clare, for mid-June 1977 and 1978.

: The numbers of persons on the live register residing in the areas specified on 26 May 1978 and on the corresponding date in 1977 are as follows:

Particulars relating to area of residence distinguishing counties and towns with legally defined boundaries are obtained for a date at the end of each month. The figures given above for 1978 are the most recent available. As Shannon town has no legally defined boundary the information requested is not available.